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A Lake Worth woman's life got a little less sweet after she was accused of breaking into two Lantana businesses and leaving police a trail of candy between the two crime scenes. Lantana police said Ashley Turner, 26, broke into an ice cream store and a gas station just before 3 a.m. on Thursday looking for money. She started the crime spree at an ice cream store, Philadelphia Water Ice, 614 N. Dixie Highway, according to an arrest report. Police were called to the scene after the store's alarm went off. When they got there, police said they saw a window had been removed from the business, but nothing appeared to stolen.

A question of language caused rancor at a bond hearing on Wednesday for a West Palm Beach store clerk charged in a confrontation over candy that left a man shot in the head. Marquice Williams, 22, is in critical condition in the trauma center at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach following Tuesday shooting at the Cityplace Food Market, a West Palm Beach police report said. Clerk Tamer Hanna, 28, is charged with attempted murder and three counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle.

the parks and recreation department will sponsor a kids' holiday candy creations class on Saturday. The class, recommended for children ages 8 to 12, will be from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Plantation Community Center, 5555 Palm Tree Road. Children will learn how to make pops, covered chocolates, clusters. Cost is $5 per child, plus a non-refundable $2 registration fee. The price includes all supplies. Register between 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 10 a.m. -4 p.m. Saturday at the Community Center.

In years past, Halloween was one of the most exciting holidays a little kid could have. It meant getting bags of free candy, dressing up in overpriced costumes and worrying your parents to death. We would pretend to be our favorite superhero, person of royalty or Disney character, then clamor for our rewards. Nothing could beat that, unless someone gave out apples or pennies or something. Then, in the middle school years, treats were not good enough for us. I remember my first Halloween dance in sixth grade, trying to get jiggy as only awkward 13-year-olds can. Finally, as high schoolers, Halloween has become something new and changed for us. If Halloween falls on a Friday or Saturday, we can party all night and become the reckless teenagers we love to be. But if it falls on a weekday, there's a good chance some evil teacher has decided that the class deserves nothing more than a 12-page term paper.

The first thing about my favorite car that catches everyone's eye is the candy-apple red color. The car is a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach I fastback coupe. I bought it nearly 25 years ago when I was just 19, and the car was brand new. And I still have it. People are forever stopping to look at the original paint job and interior. They cannot believe what good condition the car is still in. It takes a lot of pampering, though, to keep it that way. It still seems like just yesterday that I was taking this beauty out of the showroom for the first time.

From chocolates to jellybeans to other sugary delights, observant consumers have a wide selection of kosher candy from which to choose. The Orthodox Union certifies a host of popular treats that are available in supermarkets and movie theaters, including Nestle's Crunch, Double Bubble gum, Mike and Ike, Hot Tamales, Zours, Teenee Beanee, Just Born Jelly Beans, Mars, Snickers, Three Musketeers, M&M's and Hershey's. One of the most popular kosher candy producers is California-based Gimbal's Fine Candies (800-344-6225, www.gimbalscandy.

Gun? Yep. Taser? Sure. Candy? Yeah, candy. It's the newest law-enforcement tactic for rounding up teenage punks -- pose as a stranger and offer them sweets, reports the St. Petersburg Times. "On Halloween night, many older kids are up to more tricks than treats," a Tampa police news release states. "Officers will be armed with candy to break the ice and approach these groups of roaming teens. This will help reduce potential disturbances." Yeah, we can just imagine. Stop, kid! Or I'll give you cavities!

Delray Beach Fire Rescue's hazardous materials team responded to at least three calls about powder on candy collected by trick-or-treaters on Halloween. While dispatchers in other cities said the calls were limited to pranks such as egg-throwing, at least three parents in Delray Beach called police about suspicious powder, said Fire Rescue Lt. Joe Liguori. Though the calls were about wrapped candy, Delray Beach Fire Rescue was taking "every precaution" on Wednesday night and sent a team to pick up the candy to be tested by the FBI, Liguori said.